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chaina has been accused of beploying a missile system to woody island, in the south china sea. the allegation is supported by the u.s. and chinese officials. a previous satellite. the pictures show a considerable building work, including a run way. it's claimed by taiwan. beijing says it owns the spratly islands to the anger of philippine, vietnam, malaysia and brunei. china's claimed territorial

waters. >> reporter: woody island, beijing said it had it since 1974. chia formed a city on the plan, home to thousands of people. taiwan claimed the island with vietnam. it's home to two advanced boundaries. china's foreign minister said it was an appetite of creating stories, but didn't deny that the reports were true. >> reporter: as for the limited talk that china has been on the island, stationed by chinese personnel. this is what whina is entitled to under international law. >> reporter: for china, self-defence the united nations sees as nationalization. warships withal few kilometres of islands in controlled by

china, but whose sovereignty is disputed. president obama promised more of the same. >> it's part of a trajectory towards china preparing the islands in possible deployment of either military fighters or missiles. and this is a great fear in washington. this would deny the areas of theibility of ships to deploy without the threat of the used force. >> taiwan's offered a mandate to cool relations with beijing. he's called for self restraint. >> in the south china sea, it's a region everyone pays close donation to. especially on the issue of dispute over sovereignty. it's a tense situation. we call on all sides to stick to the principle of resolving dispute in the south china sea. self restraint is important. >> tensions between the two

largest powers extend to the korean peninsula. after north korea's test, the rocket launch, they were in talks with shi'a about deploying a system here on the territory. that's something beijing is opposed to, seeing it as a threat to its own military. >> it's hardly a side effect. those in washington want to pressure china to rein in its ally. >> there was a show of force over the southern half of the peninsula. merge's stealth fighters demanding a commitment to defend its ally in the face of north korean threats. >> well, the essentials in the brent seabrook topped the agenda at a meeting in south-east world. u.s. president obama called for

demilitarization of the disputed areas and announces measures to deepen ties between the region and the u.s. to syria, a woman has been rescued after 30 hours beneath the hospital. the nurse and two other people were pulled out injured but alive. rescue workers served what was left of the building since it was hit by air strikes on monday that hospital was one of five medical facilities bombed, killing 50 civilians. russia rejects accusations its jets were responsible. france and turkey say whoever did it could be guilty of war crimes. the attacks broke international laws. >> convoys of air trucks are getting ready to move into civilian areas. the u.n. special envoy.

let's go to zeina khodr, live near the turkey syrian border. what is the latest for the aid convoy? is it rolling. >> well, they haven't reached the besieged areas. but we understand from representatives that they are rod, there is a security meeting. at the end of the day, security need to - coordination needs to be done. this is not an easy operation. they are sending aid to areas under siege by the government, as well as under siege by the rebels, and we have seen this happen in the past. they need to make sure the said arrives at the same time. there is still work to be done on the ground. the u.n. is confident that this will happen. between the envoys, and the syrian foreign minister. the syrian government saving approval for aid to be delivered to several besieged areas. the u.n. has a list of 18

besieged areas, and the opposition is asking why seven, why haven't they pushed for aid to roach others. surrounded by nil. it is part of the agreement. we understand aid will have to be dropped in the area. activists are asking about the morne countryside. the u.n. warns 120,000 are at issue. the supply has been cut off, allowing aid to reach areas where there's troops on the ground. rebels handed over their rebels, not allowing aid to reach areas. the government forcing the

civilians into position and surrender. >> the aid is part of the a bigger package including a pause in fighting did it look like things were headed in that direction. >> it was supposed to happen by the end of the week, on the ground. we heard from the russian foreign ministry saying russian and u.s. military will hold their first interview. it was made clear two days ago, when it was said that there were be no ceasefire. he said who are the terrorists? anyone that has a weapon against the state. there is no consensus on who is a terrorist in syria and who is not. the government uses it as a blanket firm for the armed

groups. russia is not accepting two armed groups who are represented in the saudi backed position. according to the rebels. if this cessation of hospital itsy is implemented russia can carry out strikes, because the presence of massimilano allegri linked al nusra front -- massimilano allegri linked -- al-qaeda link said al nusra front they can use their presence as targetting the opposition. >> thank you for that zeina khodr the u.s. says it's concerned about hundreds of millions stranded by fighting in the north of iraq. 500 stuck in the middle of backers with i.s.i.l. fighters. they've been able to get fresh good and drinking forces. kurdish forces capturing after

they enslaved religious men in the area. imran khan has more. >> they are in a desperate situation. it's been going on since november. what happened in november is the coalition and kurdish forces took control of the mountain. the families fled. 559 within the no man's land within kurdish territory and fighters. they haven't left negotiations between the arabs and the kurdish forces. they haven't been able to cross into safe territory. a reason for this, is we have been told u.n. officially and privately that a lot of kurds have been collaborated with i.s.i.l. they are being spelled in that territory by i.s.i.l., and there has been an ultimatum for the fighters, they need to move back

into i.s.i.l. territory. they are stuck in the middle. no one is getting supplies into them. it's a desperate situation. two women, two children died as a result of starvation. negotiations are going on with the kurdish government. nothing seems to have been done. it shows there's suspicion of uni-arab at an i.s.i.l. territory moving towards the kurdish territory. a lot do not trust them. they claim to be refugees, the sunni arabs say they are civilians living under operations and they want to get to safety. >> we are getting reports of a suicide attack at the military area in aiden. the blast happened in a facility. it's believed 18 were killed when the attacker blue themselves up with a suicide vest plenty more still ahead on

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welcome back, let's recap the headlines on al jazeera. china appears to have deployed in the disputed islands in in the south china sea.

>> city to air missiles. convoys of trucks are getting ready to move into besieged areas. u.n. special envoy arrives the u.n. says it's concerned about hundreds of iraqi civilians and fighters in the north. kurdish forces recaptured the town in november. 15 months after i.s.i.l. members attacked yazidi. >> five years after authoritarian world rose up. muammar gaddafi overthrew the country, the country didn't disarm. the political process fell apart. two competing governments from formed, the talks were aimed to enter through formation of a unity government. >> libya's world under mounting pressure to end infighting and form a unified government.

many hope it will end the political divide. libya has two governments. one in the west, and the other in the east. >> the general national congress controls western libya. the influence that stretches from tripoli, all the way west to zul tan. the rivals, the united nations-backed government in tobruk control the east. an area that stretches from the coastal town of barda to ourselves. and it's also huge areas in benghazi, libya's second largest city. there are districts held and armed groups that call for implementation of islamic law. it's i.s.i.l. that made gains. it controls a total area

stretching from the city of cert. they search for communities looking into ways to stem the rise of i.s.i.l. including the areas fought. europe has recently been struggling with a growing numbers. the company's warring factions great to form a national unity government. it's a crucial step that many hope will put an end to months of fighting. and stop militias that have grn in size and influence. but a final deal awaits a major decision of the role of the powerful army general jackson hastings -- hafta. he is hated on the government of tripoli, insisting on his

departure. >> the u.n. secretary-general prayed for his leadership after the announcement of his death, aged 93. the egyptian took office in 1992, during a difficult time for the organization. the time in office testing major conflicts in the balkans and rwanda. they led tributes saying he was a memorable leader. >> the supreme court rejected a hunger strikers request to be transferred to a palestinian hospital. the journalist has been on hunger strike for two months. he was detained without charge or trial. he is refusing supplements or the test. in fragile conditions. the newly elected parliament is trying to agree ceasefires. last year the outgovernment

signed a nationwide ceasefire agreement. more than half the armed groups didn't. the ethnic diversity is part of the conflict. they are more than 150 groups across myanmar. eight have armies, and there's dozens more groups. the conflict began in 1949, soon after independence from britain. the power was concentrated in the hands of the community excluding the minorities. the country suffered on conflict since tens of thousands were killed or wound the. they have large numbers of child soldiers in the world. recent months there has been outbreaks of finals in the northern hahn state. wayne hay has been given access to one of the groups involved in the latest fighting soldiers from myanmar army stand trium fannedly on a remote

ridge in northern state. the enemy has been pushed deeper into the jungles. people fled when gunfire started. a few men stayed behind and they accused the rebels of looting their homes. >> we have never seen this before. there has been fighting. we have not seen a situation like this. >> reporter: on this occasion the enemy were the tahn liberation army, which denies a wrongdoing. it says it's the one under attack. a rebel group fighting for control for part of myanmar's northern state. >> we are not asking for independence. we would like to build it in balma. one with the other nationally. >> defiance against the government. but lately it's been increasingly against a larger

ethnic force and an ally. being in l.a. they were not invited to sign a ceasefire agreement. they believe that groups that did sign are backed by the forces. soon after, a state-wide agreement was signed. government troops tried to take the key position from them. coming up, the top of the hill, killing many soldiers, burying them here. those on the front lines are looking to the new government looking to the national league party of aung san suy kyi. >> we need to help our country. so you cannot stop this - these problem. and then we count make it with our countries. the groups have a mistrust of the myanmar army, and they believe peace is a long way off. we worry that the world might

create a lot of problem. a lot to our country. and it would be difficult for the country. >> old alliances are tested more than ever in this divided area where instead of a ceasefire many soldiers are preparing for a major fight a new report is warning afghanistan suffers widespread corruption despite promises by the government to carry out reform. we have more on a crisis where according to government watch dogs, they are at stake. >> this was 2013, the ex-c.e.o. convicted and sentenced it five years in prison for his role in seeing more than 900 million. this was him four months ago,

seemingly a free man alongside afghan government officials, signing a multi-million real estate deal. >> it was shocking to see something like that. >> how does that happen? the tail has been indicated by transparency international as a glaring corruption. this despite the promise to fix the system and hundreds of millions of international aid ingested in reform. according to the global anticorruption organization and its partner in afghanistan. the country is beset by bribery in the police department. manipulated by politician, based on who they know. >> we ask the gunmen to fight

corrosion. >> how do you get the government to fight corruption. when the government is corrupt. >> the report calls for an independent body to fight corruption, an independent commission to train judges, and the new attorney-general with a record of fighting corruption. the response to the report, another promise. >> we'll end the process of overhauling the whole system of fighting corruption in afghanistan. >> it's a change putting afghan president ashraf ghani in a delicate position. if he's not serious, he risks losing credibility, if he is serious, he risks going toe to toe with some powerful people. >> people are backed by him. very powerful people. >> it was the backing of powerful politicians that helped convicted embezzler step out of prison to sign a deal.

it was only when afghans were outraged that the president voided the agreement. and put him back to prison. a glimmer of hope in a crisis that cost billions of dollars, and public trust impossible to measure well, the technology giant apple refused to comply with the u.s. court order to help access. he and his wife were shot dead after killing 14 people in the california city of san bernardino. apple's c.e.o. tim cook says complying with the order with set a dangerous precedent chipping away at people's privacy. an adjournmentist explains the mechanics behind it. >> the problem is the iphone has

built into it where you have 10 attempts to type in the pass code. it will erase the data. the fbi have no idea what the passcode is. they want to enter pass codes over and over until they get it look. it's extremely unlikely they'll get it in the first 10 and it will be out of luck. they are asking apple to provide software, we don't know if it insists, to enable them to keep attempting as many times as they needed to until we crack it. if it did exist and work, the software, there's no idea they'd crack the code in a timely manner. there are tens of millions of possibilities. i'm not sure how to do it. i think it's a long shot. it circum vents the issue of encryptionment the fact is it zones are encrypted and apple

can't break the encryption. all you can do is try to hack into it. >> a treatment for cancer has been discovered where cells have been used. a trial of terminally ill patients had a 95% success rate. scientists say it's early days. >> the award showcases the best of new music. taylor swift the first woman to win album of the year. it marks the contributions of those that popularize music nearly a century ago. tom ackerman explains. >> reporter: in the sounds of this year's grammy rock song winner, allah bam shake... hughes [ ♪ ] ..you can hear echo said of

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